§19-15-17. Violations.
(a) If it appears from the examination of any regulated
product that any of the provisions of this article or the rules
issued thereunder have been violated, the commissioner shall cause
notice of the violation to be given to the registrant, distributor
or possessor from whom the sample was collected. Any person so
notified shall be given an opportunity to be heard under
legislative rules proposed and promulgated by the commissioner. If
it appears after the hearing, either in the presence or absence of
the person so notified, that any of the provisions of this article
or rules issued thereunder have been violated, the commissioner may
prosecute in any court of competent jurisdiction any person
violating the provisions of this article.

(b) Any person convicted of violating any provisions of this
article or rules issued thereunder is guilty of a misdemeanor and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than one hundred
dollars nor more than two hundred dollars for the first offense and
not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred
dollars for each subsequent offense.

(c) Nothing in this article may be construed as requiring the
commissioner or his or her agent to report for prosecution or for
the institution of seizure proceedings as a result of minor
violations of the article when he or she believes that the public
interest will be best served by a suitable notice of warning in
writing.

(d) It is the duty of each prosecuting attorney to whom any
violation is reported to cause appropriate proceedings to be
instituted and prosecuted in a court of competent jurisdiction
without delay.

(e) The commissioner is hereby authorized to apply for and the
court to grant a temporary or permanent injunction, to be issued
without bond, restraining any person from violating or continuing
to violate any provision of this article or rule promulgated
thereunder notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law.